Allergies, sleep, etc

Well, of course as soon as I post that things are going better...they are not lol!
JJ's allergies were terrible (along with the rest of the country) when the weather got beautiful and the pollen counts when through the roof. He stopped sleeping for awhile again at night (he has quit naps about 5 days a week - the days he does nap he then stays up until after midnight although normally he doesn't go to sleep until 11:30 anyway). We have found another supplement combination that is working as well as the Claritin did AND has him sleeping through the night (once he actually GOES to sleep). So we typically get sleep from midnightish until 5:30ish or possibly later before he wakes to be cuddled and falls back to sleep).

Faith's allergies have also been terrible. Neither of them can find much relief. We checked into allergy shots and out of pocket they would be about $3.50 day for a year for one kid. We have been told about another alternative medicine option for allergies that we have decided to proceed with the end of this month. We are cautiously skeptical, but hope that it will be better than taking two children to the doctor every week and listen to them scream from a shot. This option, in theory, will only require a limited number of visits.

Grace's behavior also goes up and down. We say over and over to ourselves in the morning, "wait for the meds to kick in, wait for the meds to kick in." Mornings are tough. But, once the meds kick in life proceeds... She is showing quite a talent for art kind of things so we are trying to tailor her day around coloring, drawing, etc. I wish we could help her attention span so she can grasp academics better...she tries so hard...

I wish that we knew what was trustworthy and what was not so we knew for sure what to do and what not do.